Stabbed LR man critically injured
Little Rock police were investigating Monday night after a domestic disturbance left a man in critical condition.
Lt. Steve McClanahan, spokesman for the Police Department, said Monday about 6:45 p.m. that a man had been stabbed at 10434 W. 36th St. His injuries were potentially life-threatening.
His girlfriend was taken into custody, McClanahan said. Police did not release the identity of the victim or suspect.
The address of the stabbing is listed as being the site of The Cottages Apartments, an independent-living community for senior citizens.
McClanahan said about 9:30 p.m. that the man was "still alive but in critical condition."
Police: Girlfriend threw gas in fight
A North Little Rock woman poured gasoline on her boyfriend and tried to set him on fire Sunday, police reported.
Latoya Shunta Carmichael, 32, and her boyfriend of one year, Tony Curtis, were at a residence at 6804 E. Bethany Road when the altercation occurred, according to an arrest report. Curtis, doused in gasoline, left the home, and Carmichael purportedly tried to run him over with a vehicle.
The confrontation continued when Carmichael bit Curtis, the report states. Officers noted that Curtis had "a full set of teeth marks" visible on his shoulder.
It was unclear what led to the fracas.
Carmichael was arrested about 6 p.m. at the home. She was charged with aggravated assault and third-degree domestic battery.
She was being held at the Pulaski County jail late Monday.
Motorist charged after police car hit
A man was charged with driving while intoxicated after he struck a Little Rock police vehicle while officers were conducting a traffic stop Sunday, police reported.
Three officers were at South Spring Street and East Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive when at 7:16 p.m., Wes Davenport, 69, drove past and struck a patrol car, according to an arrest report. The collision reportedly broke a side-view mirror off the vehicle. No injuries were reported.
Officers said Davenport smelled of intoxicants, had bloodshot eyes and was unsteady on his feet. In addition to driving while intoxicated, he was charged with careless or prohibited driving, driving without insurance and refusal to submit to a blood alcohol test.
Davenport was not listed on the Pulaski County jail roster Monday.
Key-swallowing inmates charged
Two Pulaski County jail inmates face additional charges after they took handcuff keys and swallowed them over the weekend, the sheriff's office reported.
Jason Phillips, 27, "snatched" handcuffs and handcuff keys from a jailer about 8:45 p.m. Saturday, according to an arrest report. The handcuffs were found in his toilet. Through X-rays, medical personnel Sunday determined that he'd swallowed the keys.
Also Saturday, inmate Tony Brooks, 29, "snatched" handcuff keys from a jailer while being secured in his cell at 9:29 p.m., an arrest report states. Jailers searched the cell and strip-searched Brooks before determining the keys were in his stomach.
Sheriff's office spokesman Capt. Carl Minden said Monday he didn't know whether Brooks and Phillips had "passed" the keys, or if jailers had recovered them.
Phillips, a federal prisoner from Tennessee being held on battery and assault charges, and Brooks, a Little Rock man accused of capital murder, were both additionally charged with furnishing prohibited articles. They remained in the jail Monday.
Minden said both inmates were being held on administrative segregation status, meaning they're kept away from the general population and their activities are limited.
Police don't find link in 2 shootings
Police believe shootings that occurred Friday and Sunday in the same block south of Little Rock Central High School are not related.
Officers responded about 7:40 p.m. Friday to UAMS Medical Center, where Sean Jones, 23, was being treated for a gunshot wound on his left thigh. His injuries were serious enough for doctors to consider amputating the leg, police reported. Jones' condition was unknown Monday.
Jones, of North Little Rock, told investigators he'd been sitting on the porch at his girlfriend's house at 1810 S. Rice St. when he heard gunfire, according to a police report. He said he realized he'd been shot and ran inside.
There were no suspects in the shooting. Jones said he didn't see any people or vehicles traveling in the area before he was shot, the report states.
Police were called at 4:31 a.m. Sunday to 1812 S. Rice St., next door to where Jones was shot. Two teenage girls told officers they'd been standing outside the residence and heard gunfire. They ran inside and one of the girls, age 17, saw that a bullet had grazed her lower right abdomen, according to police.
Investigators found a .380-caliber shell casing south of the house.
The girl was taken to Arkansas Children's Hospital for treatment. Her injuries were not life-threatening.
Police spokesman officer Richard Hilgeman said detectives don't believe the two shootings are connected. No arrests had been made late Monday.
Ex-beau robbed her, woman says
Police were investigating after a woman was held at gunpoint Sunday at a hotel in downtown Little Rock.
Officers responded at 10:17 p.m. to the Legacy Hotel & Suites at 625 W. Capitol Ave. Donnetta Reed, 45, said she'd been staying at the hotel to avoid her ex-boyfriend, but he'd found her and forced his way inside her room, according to a police report.
Reed told police the man had a gun and threatened to kill her, the report states. He reportedly struck her with the gun, took about $515 in clothing from the room and fled with a friend in a white Buick.
Reed suffered minor injuries, according to the report. She declined medical treatment.
Police were seeking Gary Maxwell, 26, of Little Rock on charges of robbery and assault. Court records show Maxwell was charged with domestic battery, aggravated assault and terroristic threatening in February, after which Reed obtained an order of protection against him.
Reed is described as black, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds.
No arrests had been made Monday.
Tire help offered, then gun pulled
A man changing a tire Friday in Little Rock was robbed by a man who had offered to help, according to police.
Andrew Smith, 34, said he was changing a tire at 1851 Howard St. when a man approached about 5:40 a.m. and offered to help, according to a police report. When Smith accepted the offer, the man said he had a gun and demanded Smith's belongings. The robber took $150 and fled north.
No injuries were reported.
The robber is described as black, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 165 pounds. He wore black pants and a red shirt.
LR man arrested in pub vandalism
A Little Rock man was arrested Monday for breaking out the window of a bar in the River Market District, police reported.
According to a police report, Randy Cole, 46, was seen on surveillance footage breaking out the window at Dugan's Pub, 401 E. 3rd St. The cost of the damage is estimated to be between $1,000 and $1,500.
Police arrested Cole at the intersection of East 9th Street and and College Street about noon Monday. He was booked into Pulaski County jail on a charge of second-degree criminal mischief.
Cole also had a warrant out of Little Rock for failure to appear.
He remained on the jail's roster late Monday, and his bail had not been set.
Metro on 06/09/2015